Blog - bike travels & such

Cycle Touring Vancouver Island

This section is my chance to ramble on, to have an ongoing conversation with readers. I'll post updates & photos as I do more rides, get gear worth noting, or come across interesting stuff about cycle touring or bikepacking on Vancouver Island & the Sunshine Coast (and beyond).

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Kicking Back on Denman Island

Yesterday morning was cold, with gorgeous blue skies. Seemed to me that a night beside the ocean was in order, so I packed up and headed south to Denman Island. This was a short ride (~35kms) on good road, so I brought my comfort gear. As you can see below, I was pretty loaded up. Fog started to set in. The shot below is from Union Bay. You can see the north end of Denman Island on the left. One catches the ferry to Denman at Buckley Bay. There's a little local coffee shop (l

Shaking off cabin fever

I'm teaching a course early next year, and have been spending too much time sitting in front of a computer pulling together material. I was getting antsy, so headed off riding & camping. West from Campbell River there's a grand hinterlands of lakes, backroads & camping spots: I started my ride through there, but was heading further west to check out a couple of new lakes. The above pic is from Brewster Lake, where I camped on my way back. This past spring and summer, I spent